Tie-press.



HARRY C. SMITH, F

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To all 'wwm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY C. SMITH, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Santa4 Barbara, in the county of Santa Barl have invented bara and State of California,

- new and useful Improvements in Tie-Presses,

l of the tion indicated by 'the arrow Yfrat. 300 1g -layer'- 9 of fabric,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates totie presses and consists in the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a necktie tie press embodying the principles of my invention.i j

Fig. 2 is a view analogous to Fig. 1, parts being broken away and stepped down to show the details of constructlon.

Fi 3 is a diagrammatic ed ing tie parts loosely assemble Fig. 4 is an elevation of the core.

Fig. 5 is' an elevation of the mold.

Fig. 6 is a `cross-section on theline 6 6 of Fig. 1 and-looking` downwardl Fig. 7 is an elevation of'a modlfied form mold lookin ,in the directionindicated by the arrow g in Fi 8,.

.-Fig. 8 is an edge View loo 'ng in the direc- 8 in Fig. 7. A 9 is a cross-section onA the line 9-9 view show-` The core 1- shown in Fig. 4 is a flat tapered strip-of pressed cardboard or the like and has a handle 2 extending from its large end and a rounded tip 2 atthe opposite end from the handle2.

The mold 3 shown in Fig. 5 is a flat sheath adapted to receive the core 1- loosely. the sheath being open at both ends. The mold 3 may be made of hard pressed cardboard Vor the like and comprises a front 4, a back 5,

and rounded sides 6 and 7 connectin 'the edges of the fronft and back. The si es 6 and 7 are tapered to fit the core 1.

The core 1 is inserted-into the tie from the large end, preferably under the front and the core is pressed into it will go, thus straightenthe tie as far as and wrinkled fabricto its natural form.' Then the loose end of the tie .straightened end vand the is folded back upon the back side of the foldedtie carry- Specification of Letters Patent.

' board -mold Ved to be 4inserted under Jrhe front lay Patented Mar. d, 1919.

vamnnwnm mary ams. senmneaaana ing the core is inserted into the large end of the'mold and pressed into the mold as far as it will go. In this operation the mold 1s held in one hand and the handle of the core in the other. vThen the tie is left in place a few hours,

thetie and the tie ready for use.

In `the modification shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 the lnold consists of a piece of cardfoldedupon itself to form the, upper section 11, the lower section 12, and the side section 13. f A strip 14 of elastic fabric is applied to theedges 15 and l-so'as to make .removed from the mold the mold somewhat elastic, whereas the mold 3 in Fig. 5 is comparatively' inelastic. Thus I have produced a tie press which will ress out the wrinkles and renew a crushed tie lin a simple and effective manner.

Various changes may be-made without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim: I

`1. A necktie press comprising a tapered mold in the form -of a fiat sheath open at both ends adapted to receive a necktle, and

' a tapered core adapted to be inserted into thereby eliminating the l wrlnkles. Then the core is removed from the necktie under the fr ont layer of fabric to press the necktie firmly into the mold.

2; A necktie press comprisin a tapered made of hard-pressed card oard formingxa front, a back, and rounded sides open at both ends-and substantially the desired 'i shape of the tie and adapted to receive a tie folded upon itself, and a tapered core adapter of fabric to press the 'tie firmly into the mold. 3. A necktie press comprlsing an elastic tapered mold formed of cardboard forming` a front, a back, a rounded side, and an elastlc side. pen at both ends and substantially the. desired shape of the tic and adapted to receive atie foldedupon itself, and a tapered core adapted to be inserted under the front layer of fabric to press the tie firmly into the mold. i

In testimony whereof I name tov this specification.

HARRY C. SMITH.

have signed my 

